Last night Mitt Romney formally accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for President. Next week, President Obama will do the same. The conventions will be vastly different and bringing messages about how their candidates are the answer for a better United States. The parties stand on opposite sides of the fence on so many issues and yet they have one attendee (besides the media) in common: Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The Republican party invited Cardinal Dolan last week. Upon accepting the invitation, Cardinal Dolan contacted the Democratic party and offered to provide the closing benediction as well. A few days ago, the Archdiocese of New York announced that the Cardinal had accepted an invitation from the Democrats to pray as well.
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